Music type-writer.



No. 341,101. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. L. c. E 1.1". BADEAU.

MUSIC TYPE WRITER. AAPPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19,190.5. I

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PATEN'I'ED JAN. 15, 1907.

L. C. & Il I'. BADEAU.

MUSIC TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1905.

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No. 841,101 PATENTBD JAN-15,1907.. L. C. & I. F. BADEAU.

MUSIC TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED sB-PT. 19,1905.

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I, WTNEEEES: NVENTRSI No. 841,101. PATENTBD JAN. 15, 1907.

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MUSIC ,'IIYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1905.

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WTNEEEEE: www 51- LGUlS G. BADEAU AND lSAAC F. BADEAU, OF M-HOFC, NEW YURK.

MUSEO TYPEHWRH'E.;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 15,1907.

:To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS C. BADEAU i and lsAAc F. BADEAU, citizens of the United States, residing at Mahopac,'l)utnam county, and State of l\iew York, have invented certain new and useful `improvements in Music Type-Writers and we do hereby declare that the following is a lull, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a comparatively simple and easily-operated machine for writing musical composition quickly as well as correctly and attractively, which is capable of placing' all the notes, signs, and characters of suitable nature on a music-stati in as many positions as is customary or maybe required to record and present a piece oi' music with all the notations employed in this art in such a complete andinished state as to readily enable true and artistic rendition therefrom.

One Way in which our invention may be carried out is shown in the accompanying four sheets of drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like letters and numerals indicate like parts in all the iigures and views.

Figure 1 is a plan view with parts shown broken o'. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line A A of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the stop-lever and connecting parts, partly broken off and type-disk removed. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview on line B B of Fig. 1, showing de- -tails of stop-lever and4 keys actuating the same, aswell as of the means for shifting the paper-carriage. Fig. 5 is an end view,'and Fig. 6 a side view, of details of the paper-carriage. Fig.`7 is a plan view, and Fig. 8 a side view, of the device for tracing a music-staff and Fig. 9 shows the arrangement of the spring for returning the type-disk to its position of rest.

vWhile in ordinary type-Writing machines the letters and characters are usually printed side by side on a single continuous printingline, in music type-writers it becomes essential that each note or sign represented on the type-keyboard can successively be placed on any one or a number of twenty-six or thereabout parallel continuous printing -lines comprising a music-staff at their points of intersection with aline imagined at right an- `staffs on the printing-surface.

vgles to the former, which we term the angular or selective printing-line.

To accomplish our object, we have prol vided a preferably horizontally'oscillating or swinging disk carrying the positively-actuated type and the type-keyboard therefor,

said disk adapted to move iirst by a circular or similar motion and to place any one type onto and over the selective printing-line A A, Fig. l, after which theI type-disk, together with its supporting-frame, is moved also preferably horizontally and in a straight line along and over this angular printing-line until the selected vtype is directly over and abovey the selected printing position on the angular printing-line A. A, when the type may be printed on the printing-surface .at the printing-point f in a most direct manner by depression of its key.' The exact printing position on this angular printing-line is determined by the aid off-a stop-lever adapted to limit the movement of the selected type to the selectedprinting position or point, the stop-lever being controlled in its movement E y the staff-keys on the stationary staff-keyoard.

Referring now to the drawings, our ma-l the type-keyboard, lwhich is carried by frame The base a is provided with two rails or runways 2 for the"`wheels 3 of the paper-carriage c, allowin the latter to move horizontally and latera ly or parallel to the music- To the lower p art of the 'base grooved wheels 27 are secured, their axles belng shown vertically disposed and carrying the reciprocating frame d with the oscillating type-disk e, which it supports, permitting said frame and typedisk to also move horizontally, but at right angles to the direction of motion of the paper-carriage c.

The stationary staff-keyboard b, preferably located to be operated by the left hand, consists of a plate 48 with a plurality of sockets 49, in which the tubular keys 52 may slide vertically. Springs 50, resting on pins 62 and pressing against key tops or pockets 51, cause the keys to return after having been depressed, longitudinal slots forming paths yElo IOO

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y movably secured to frame-disk 29 to limit its motion predeterminedly, Fig. 3. In this manner any one of the sixty-one` typ es shown vcarried on the type-disk e may be printed on any one ofthe twenty-six continuous printing-lines shown, provided for at their intersections with the imagi ary angular printingline A A by means of l"the twenty-six staffkeys, cord 57, tensioned by a spring, -(not shown,) returning the stop-lever to its position of rest.

The aper-carriage c, mounted'on wheels` 3, whic travel on rails 2, carries parallel to rails 2 rollers 4 and 5, over which a broad endless-leather or rubber band 6 passes, on which the sheet 7, the printing-surface, rests.

-Two smaller rollers 8 and 9 press against rollers'4 and 5, res ectively, causing sheet 7 to move with ban 6 whenever s uare axle 10 of roller 4 is turned by means o knob 12 or by depressing either one of keys 63'and 6ft-inV the latter instances through the intermediary of gears 65 and 66, respectively, both of which mesh with-gear 67, that is secured to axle 10. Axle 10 is journaled in the sides of 3 the base, and its square part passes loosely through roller 4, thereby ermitting paper- 'carriage c to freely move aterally-that is, parallel to axle 10. A drum` 14 is loosely mounted on shaft 20, preferably j ournaled at the left side of the base, on which drum is wound a spiral springl 15, and in opposite direction thereto is wound a narrow leather band 13, one end oii each being secured to the drum. While the outer end of the s ring is secured to the base and the outer enc ofl the band is fastened to, the pa er-carriage'the tension of the spring is so a( justed as to continually exert a pulltending to move the paper-carnage c to the left. .Shaft also car-` ries drum 18, on which are wound, also in opposite directions, spring 19 and band 16. The inner and outer ends of spring 19 are connected to the drum and base, respectively, while the inner and. outer ends of band 16 are connected to the drum and paper-carriage, respectively, the band, however, passing over pulley 17, attached to the right side of the base.` Spring 19 tends to continually pull the paper-carriage to the right, but is considerably weaker than spring 15 Iand is mainly provided to maintain band 16 taut when the paper-carriage is moved to the right. A toothed wheel 21, rigidly mounted on shaft 20, is engaged by escapement-lever 22, which may be actuated from its arm 23 and a spring. (Not shown.) By depressing key 24 the end of its extension 25 :forces up arm 23 of the escapement-lever, thus'causing a step-by-step motion oi' the paper-carriage to the left'in a manner well known to the art. To begin a new line, the paper-carriage is returne to the starting-point by moving it to the right b hand. l

Frame the lower p art of which is sup' ciently for the paper-carriage c to pass there-l under freely during operation and carriesin the center an upright post or stud for pivotally supporting and guiding type-disk e in its circular or partly-circular motion around whichcenter post washers 38 and 39 are situated. The latter have extensions reaching downward and upward, respectively, which are caused to press against both the downward projection 41 of type-disk e and the upward projection of frame-disk 29 by spring 37, the two ends of which are secured to the said washers, Figs. -2 and 9. From this position of rest the type-disk can be turned to the left or to the right against the `force of spring 37,y the latter, therefore, returning type-disk e to the normal position shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 9 on being released. Typedisk e is provided with a plurality of sockets 31 ,"in which tubular keys 32 may slide, springs 35 resting on pins 36 and pressing against key-tops 33, returning the ke s to their normal positionsv after having een depressed and released. Longitudinal slots in the keytubes form paths for the pins 36, the typekeys being sinrilar in construction and operation to the stati-keys. The lower ends of key-,tubes 32 carry the types 34. Below frame-disk 29, irovably secured thereto on each side by guides 59, is a slide 43, cord 46 liriting its motion in the direction toward the operator, while cord 47, tensioned by a spring (not shown) which is considerably weaker than spring 58,',tends to maintain cord 46 taut vlwhenever frame d returns to its normal position. This slide 43 has at one end a gage or gate 45, adapted to receive during the printing the lower parts of the type- .key tubes 32, and adjacent to and rearward of this gate 45 areinl1.ingrollers 44.

We have omitted .to describe the remaining details as not being essential to the operation of the new features and construction of this type-writing machine and for the sake of clearness and brevity. v

The operation of our machine is as follows:

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The paper-carriage c, with the sheet to be printed in proper position, is`= moved to the right by hand suiliciently to begin the line. Fig. 1 shows the normal position of the typedisk cy and of the slide43. To print, for eX- am`le, the number 1, shown on the right hal of rth e type-disk opposite the arrow,the operators linger is inserted into the cup-shaped top 33 of the key, which carries at its lower end the type ,1, and the type-disk is turned or swung around its center 30 in the directionindicated by an.A arrow until the center of the type-keyjis over the angular printing-line A A. During this circular motion the typekey is depressed sufficiently to ca use the outer cates with a hole 42 on disk 29, one for each,

of such size that the type-keys ma enter the same. Consequently en the selected type arrives over the angu ar printinge A'A it can be farther depressed until the said rim of the t pe rests` on the slide 43 a slotjn the midd e of theslid'epreventing any damage to the type. While the selected t e is thus brought over the angular printingine, one 'of the stall-keys 52- is depressed, thereby causing the stop-lever g to swing toward the typedisk e a predetermined distance, after which the type-disk, together with frame d, is moved in a straight line over and along the angular printing-line A A until the ate 45, the top of-which the type had entere during the straigh t-line motionof the type-disk and carriedwith it, Iis stopped in its motionzby the extension 5'5 of stop-lever g, when the selected type ,'ll have arrived over the' selected printing positionon line A A and the prmtingoint f. .,The printing can now be effected. [y depressing the selected 't ey vuntil it `str:V `the printing-s ace. When the type-k "is subsequently released, springs 135, 37,. a d 58 will return the typekey, the type-disk, and .the frame d, respectively, to their positions of rest, while the spring-tensioned cords47 and57 will return' t e slide 43 andrstop-lever g, respectively, to their normalpositions. Spring 50 returns the staff-key.' a l From the above it is obvious that any one of the types carried by the type-disk after having been turnedor swung 'to a position over the angular printing-line so as to rest on-the slide 43' can then be stoppedin its straight-line motion over and along this angular printing-liney toward the stop-lever by the latter at any one of the points ointersection of the said angular printing-line with the lines of the music-staff, as represented by the staff-keys, Without moving the paper.

As seen from Fig. 2, the top of' gate 45 is higher at the side facing the stop-lever than atk the opposite side, and thereby enables the type-keys to compel the slide to move` with the former duringthe lstraight-line motion to the printing-point. l

Before reaching gate 45 the types pass over in -rollers-44., from which they take 0H the required amount of printing substance. To print any one of the types located on the left half'of the t y or swung to the e'ft, 'as indicated by an arrow, spring 37 returning theltype-disk e to its normal position, whether moving to the light 0r to theleft o n the selected key being released.

We do vnot wish to confine ourselves to the particular manner of vand construction for moving the direct actuatedtypes from the position of rest ontoand'over the angular printing-line, as herein described, but broadly claim the same in this application, while we have claimed in a se arate application'led simultaneousl the above-described manner of and means or determining the exact printing position on the angular printing line and the `arresting of the motion of the t ekeys over' the sameatthe rinting-point y a sIiIngle keyactuatedsto -leven certaine the nature of our invention and in what manner the` same may be performed,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is-' V1 Ina music type-writer, a base having hor1zontal, parallel ways, a paper-carriage adapted to move thereon, and r'eans nn- 'par-ting a step-by-step movement thereto, together with a horizontal disk, a frame rofetatably supporting it, parallel ways for said frame, a number of keys carried by said disk, and' corresponding type for said -keys means for turning said dis an imgessiontherefrom upon the paper.

2. a music t spring-held character-keys in. said sockets, corresponding type ada ted to `be actuated thereb and non-rotatable concentric guide- -ways ,or said type; together with a frame Jfor said disk, endwise Ways therefor, a localizing type-gate having a guide-entrance, and.

means whereby said disk may be turned and moved endwise to guidea type into said gate,

`and van impression created adjacent thereto.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands, this 31st day of August, A. D.

1,905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lLOUIS o. BADEAU. ISAAC F. BADEAU.

now particular y described and as- V e-writer, a horizontally-4 ,plvoted disk havmg a number of sockets,

disk, the latter is turned Y a and movingjts frame a over the paper-carriage, and meanscreatmg 

